TheGreek
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The wife said i couldn’t have another pickup truck until we moved out of Chicago and back to NW CO. That happened in spring of ‘23 but it took me till sept of ‘24 to finally pull the trigger on an ‘02 Tundra access cab that was for sale only a few hours away. 250k miles, basically no rust on the frame. Big 285/75 tires with decent tread on them and the truck had pretty good ground clearance which was a must cause I planned on using it to get into some nasty and rocky places. 4wd high and low worked. One tail pipe was pretty rusty but overall I was happy with the purchase. 
I put her through the ringer during third rifle here in NW CO.
First day of the hunt it started making a clanging noise near the front left axle. I couldn’t figure out what it was but she kept going so we kept hunting. After the hunt, I found out I tore the left front CV axle clean out. Not really sure how we got home, but we did. Also that rusty left tail pipe didn’t survive the hunt. Not sure where it took it’s leave.
My mechanic buddy got the CV axle all fixed up for a couple hundred bucks and she was good to go.
He did the front brakes a month or so back as well.
Picked up a second set of chains for the front for next hunting season.
She’s not perfect by a longshot. Passenger side paint job doesn’t look nearly as good as the driver’s side. Tires are a little too big on the front and rub some while turning. I gotta put the skid plate back on, the guy I bought it from had it off for some reason.
Hoping to put a topper on it before next hunting season, they pop up from time to time used on FB but are all down in the Denver metro area so it’s just a matter of finding the time to make the 4 hour drive.
Hoping to get a lot of years and use/hunts out of this one. I hear these engines go forever.
I put her through the ringer during third rifle here in NW CO.
First day of the hunt it started making a clanging noise near the front left axle. I couldn’t figure out what it was but she kept going so we kept hunting. After the hunt, I found out I tore the left front CV axle clean out. Not really sure how we got home, but we did. Also that rusty left tail pipe didn’t survive the hunt. Not sure where it took it’s leave.
My mechanic buddy got the CV axle all fixed up for a couple hundred bucks and she was good to go.
He did the front brakes a month or so back as well.
Picked up a second set of chains for the front for next hunting season.
She’s not perfect by a longshot. Passenger side paint job doesn’t look nearly as good as the driver’s side. Tires are a little too big on the front and rub some while turning. I gotta put the skid plate back on, the guy I bought it from had it off for some reason.
Hoping to put a topper on it before next hunting season, they pop up from time to time used on FB but are all down in the Denver metro area so it’s just a matter of finding the time to make the 4 hour drive.
Hoping to get a lot of years and use/hunts out of this one. I hear these engines go forever.
